.bcn is a generic top-level domain for the city of

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

, Catalonia, Spain. According to the Barcelona City Council, the .bcn domain is intended to maintain a relationship of "cooperation and sum of efforts" with the

.cat .cat (pronounced in Catalan: ''punt cat'' ) is a sponsored top-level domain intended to be used to highlight the Catalan language. Its policy has been developed by ICANN anFundació puntCAT It was approved in September 2005. History Before . ...

domain, even though the proposal has already received the criticisms of the

Generalitat de Catalunya The Generalitat de Catalunya (; oc, label=Aranese, Generalitat de Catalonha; es, Generalidad de Cataluña), or the Government of Catalonia, is the institutional system by which Catalonia politically organizes its self-government. It is formed ...

and of several personalities from the cultural and technological world of Catalonia."Una operació de Barcelona per afeblir el .cat?"
/ref> Another generic top-level domain for Barcelona is .barcelona.IANA Root Zone Database
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Proposed top-level domains Mass media in Barcelona Internet in Spain 2015 establishments in Catalonia {{compu-domain-stub

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